James LaRue Avery (November 27, 1945 – December 31, 2013) was an American actor.
Best known for his portrayal of the patriarch and attorney (later judge) Philip Banks, Will Smith's character's uncle, in the TVsitcomThe Fresh Prince of Bel-Air. This character was ranked #34 in TV Guide's "50 Greatest TV Dads of All Time." He also provided the voice of Shredder in the original Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles television series, as well as War Machine ...
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Sunday Drive
As Oliver
Epoch
As Dr. Solomon Holt
Dr. Dolittle 2
As Eldon
Samaritan: The Mitch Snyder Story
As Hank Dudney
The Prince of Egypt
As Additional Voices (voice)
Kicks
As Stanley
License to Drive
As Les' DMV examiner
Raise Your Voice
As Mr. Gantry
To My Daughter
As Ian Mellon
A Friend to Die For
As Agent Gilwood
Shout
As Midnight Rider (voice)
Nightflyers
As Darryl
The Third Wish
As George
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Attack of the Big MACC
As Shredder (voice)
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Turtles' Awesome Easter
As Shredder (voice)
Timestalkers
As Blacksmith
The Advanced Guard
As Fred, Captive Security Guard
Condor
As Cas
Divine Intervention
As Rev. Matthews
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Planet of the Turtleoids
As Shredder (voice)
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Heroes in a Halfshell
As Shredder (voice)
Three for the Road
As Clarence
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Epic Begins
As Shredder (voice)
Wheelmen
As Vice President
Spirit Lost
As Dr. Glidden
Call Me Crazy: A Five Film
As Dr. Beckett
Dancing in September
As Mr. Warner
Antony and Cleopatra
As Mardian
Hunt for the Labyrinth Killer
As Judge Parsons
Beastmaster 2: Through the Portal of Time
As Lt. Coberly
Little Miss Millions
As Agent Noah Hollander
Out in Fifty
As Cappy
The Linguini Incident
As Phil
Who's Your Caddy?
As Caddy Mack
Laugh Busters
Not Your Time
As Haig
Quincy Jones...The First 50 Years
As Self
The Blues Brothers
As Man Dancing Outside Ray's Shop
Roe vs. Wade
Appointment with Fear
As Connors
The Brady Bunch Movie
As Mr. Steve Yeager
Lethal Eviction
As Gus Winter
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Turtles at the Earth's Core
As Splinter (voice)
Spider-Man: The Venom Saga
As Jim Rhodes / War Machine
Extremities
As Security Guard
Stars In Shorts
As Haig
The Nightmare Room: Scareful What You Wish For
As R.L. Stine
You Lucky Dog
As Calvin Bridges
Midnight Ramble
As Narrator
Full Exposure: The Sex Tapes Scandal
As Earl
The Ladies Club
As Joe
Nancy Drew
As Prof. Shifflin
Honeybee
Deadly Daphne's Revenge
As Detective Wood
Fletch
As Detective #2
8 Million Ways to Die
As Deputy D.A.
Hair Show
As Seymour Gold
Think Tank
As Uncle John
The Stunt Man
As Man Playing Pinball (uncredited)
Without Warning: Terror in the Towers
As Fred Derby
The 11th Commandment
As Attendant
Steppin: The Movie
As The Chancellor
Danika
As Teddy Johnson
Stoogemania
As Gulch
Hart to Hart: Old Friends Never Die
As Chess Player
Jirimpimbira: An African Folk Tale
As The Headman
Wish I Was Here
As Audition Actor #2
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
As Shredder (voice)
The Legend of Prince Valiant
As Sir Bryant
Living with Fran
Star Trek: Enterprise
As General K'Vagh
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
As Preston Cash
Sparks
As Alonzo Sparks
Rambo
Captain Simian & the Space Monkeys
As Gor-illa (voice)
Dallas
As Judge J. Fowler
Hulk Hogan's Rock 'n' Wrestling
Sherri
As Redmond
The Legend of Tarzan
As (voice)
The Wild Thornberrys
As Gorilla (voice)
The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
As Philip Banks
Amazing Stories
As Chief Hansen
Going Bananas
As Hank
Aladdin
As Haroud Hazi Bin (voice)
Reading Rainbow
As Himself - Narrator (voice)
American Experience
As Narrator (voice)
Roc
As Dale Hammers
One World
As William Richard
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
As Father (voice)
A Different World
As The Pin Punisher
Moonlighting
As Reuben King
Murder One
As Judge Nathaniel Alexander
The A-Team
As Quint
Iron Man
As War Machine (voice)
Spider-Man
As Jim Rhodes / War Machine (voice)
The Proud Family
As Crandall Smythe (voice)
A Pup Named Scooby-Doo
As Count Shockula (voice)
Philly
As Dean Mark Clivner
Grey's Anatomy
As Sam
The Nightmare Room
As R.L. Stine
Night Court
As Judge Hopkins
Brothers
As Bubba
The Real Ghostbusters
As Killerwatt (voice)
Eli Stone
As Mason Andrews
Going Places
As Host
L.A. Law
As Judge Michael Conover
Strong Medicine
As Harold Jenkins
That's So Raven
As Presto
The Closer
As Dr. Crippen
Charmed
As Zola
Crossing Jordan
As Dr. Erkhart
Capital News
As Mr. Fairchild
That '70s Show
As Officer Kennedy